भाषा

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[edit] Hindi

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[edit] Etymology

From Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).

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  • IPA: [bʱaːʃaː]

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भाषा  (bhāṣā) f.Urdu spelling بھاشا

  1. language
  2. speech
  3. dialect

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From Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).

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भाषा (bhāṣā) f.

  1. language

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भाषा (bhāṣā) f.

  1. speech, language (especially common, vernacular or vulgar speech, as opposed to Vedic or in later times to Sanskrit, as the refined speech)
  2. any Prakrit dialect or a particular group of 5 of them (viz. माहाराष्ट्री (māhārāṣṭrī), शौरसेनी (śaurasenī), मागध (māgadha), प्राच्या (prācyā) and अवन्ति (avanti), also called पञ्चविधा (pañca-vidhā))
  3. description, definition
  4. (law) accusation, charge, complaint, plaint
  5. name of Saraswati
  6. (music) name of रागिणी (rāgiṇī)

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[edit] References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0755